Chalmers United Free Church Of Scotland, 2 Bank Street, Alloa is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Chalmers United Free Church Of Scotland, 2 Bank Street, Alloa
- WRENN ID
- veiled-bracket-dust
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1972
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Chalmers United Free Church Of Scotland, 2 Bank Street, Alloa, FK10 1HP
- OS grid reference
- NS 885 927
- Coordinates
- 56.11431, -3.79331
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Chalmers United Free Church of Scotland is a mid-19th century church, designed by J W A J Hay from Liverpool, built between 1855 and 1856. It features a six-bay rectangular structure with a squat tower and a stone spire that maintains its original shape and proportions at the southeast gable. The church is adorned with diagonal buttresses and an octagonal stair turret located in the southern re-entrant angle. The belfry is incorporated into the spire, and the building is constructed from snecked rubble, showcasing detailed craftsmanship.
Local climate
Chalmers United Free Church Of Scotland, 2 Bank Street, Alloa sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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